Bits and pieces of my life. I am a lifelong Christian. I have been married for over 41 years to Stan. No children. We have 1 Italian Greyhound named Capodimonte and 2 calico cats named Capt. Fishipants (a rare MALE calico) and Daphne Doolittle. We have 9 nieces/nephews and 10 grandnieces/nephews whom we love. My hobbies are genealogy, reading, digital scrapbooking, history, dogs, homemaking. This is a personal blog, not a business. I share what interests me I am not selling or making a profit.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Solomon Hayes, Sr. married Charlotte and they hada son, Solomon Hayes, Jr. who married Sarah Phillips and they hada daughter, Mary Elizabeth Hayes who married William Franklin Massingill and they hada son, Thomas S. Massengale who married Susan Brown and they hada daugther, Lora Massengale who married John Langdon Wilder and they hada daughter, Clara Marie Wilder who married Julian Rhett Prince and they hada daughter, Peggy who is Stan's mother

1880 Census Dacusville, Pickens County, SC, Series T9, Roll 1238, Page 58, ED 130, Lines 4-10, 11-14, 15-22, 43-50, "Solomon Hayes", "Enock Lawson", James M. Hays", "Joseph Massingill""Solomon Hayes, 78, W, M, Farming, Cannot read or write, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Sarah, 72, W, F, Wife, Keeping House, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Melinda, W, F, 38, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Sarah, W, F, 34, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Susan Everett, W, F, 30, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Thomas Massingill, W, M, 19, Grandson, Single, Laborer, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Lelia Everett, W, F, 1, Granddaughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Enock Lawson, W, M, 40, Farming, Can read & write, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Lotta Lawson, W, F, 44, Wife, Keeping house, Can read & write, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Josie Lawson, W, F, 8, Daughter"William Massingale, W, M, 16, Nephew, Can read & write, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"James M. Hays, W, M, 37, Farming, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Amy, W, F, 33, Wife, Keeping House, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Thomas J., W, M, 12, Son, Laborer, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Sarah E., W, F, 9, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Hettie, W, F, 8, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Jane, W, F, 6, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Richard, W, M, 4, Son, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Lois E., W, F, 2, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Joseph Massingill, W, M, 37, Farming, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Perrine (sic, she was Pennine), W, F, 30, Wife, Keeping house, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"William, W, M, 12, Son, Laborer, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Thompson, W, M, 10, Son, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Lida, W, F, 8, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Julia, W, F, 7, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Lena, W, F, 6, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"Lona, W, F, 6, Daughter, Born in SC, Mother born in SC, Father born in SC"

Solomon Hayes, Jr. died about 1887 in Pickens County, SC. Sarah died about 1883 in Pickens County, SC. They are both buried at the Glassy Mountain Cemetery, on the corner of Rhymes Earles Bridge Roads in Pickens County, SC.

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Saturday night, we hosted a 1970's Disco Party for both sides of our family. We've had dress up parties for the last couple of years and the family really seems to enjoy it. The first year it was dress as you like but last year we had a Cowboy party and this year it was a Disco party. I found a large mirror ball Christmas tree ornament and Stan hung it in our den. I got some 1970's disco CD's from Amazon.com and we got together our outfits. I bought a dress at Ross' and wore my silver and turquoise jewelry that I got when I was in high school. I got Stan some platform shoes from Amazon.com and a pair of vintage pants and shirt from ebay. I got him an afro at Walmart and some glasses and neck chain at the Dollar Tree.

I wanted to try and have some 1970's type refreshments. I made a cheese fondue with the fondue pot that I've had since we got married in 1977. That turned out to be way expensive considering the ingredients: Jarlsberg cheese, Gruyere cheese (both $11/lb), Cherry liquer (Kirsch and I only needed a couple of Tbsps but you had to buy a wine bottle full) and white wine, dry mustard, lemon juice, cornstarch and 2 French bread loaves. But it turned out good and for those of us who like that sort of thing we enjoyed it. All the women in my age group remembered getting the fondue pots for wedding presents but I'm the only one who kept mine. Elaine made celery sticks with homemade pimento cheese. Anna made a Watergate salad (jello and Watergate, you can't get any more '70's than that!). Peggy brought some dips and chips. Our friends, Mark and Donna Simpson, came and they brought chips and salsa. Melinda brought cake and cookies. And I bought bottled Coca Colas (the Harris' love bottled Cokes), Sprite and made some tea and coffee.

I always get myself so wound up before hostessing a dinner or party. My muscles are perpetually tense and tight but getting ready for guests gets my adrenaline flowing and I get so tense and nervous. I don't want to take a nerve pill because I'll fall on the floor in a dead sleep and sleep for 12 solid hours. So I usually have wine to suppress the nerves and relax enough to enjoy. Otherwise I'm like the Tasmanian Devil whirling and cleaning and picking up, whisking away, etc and making everyone uncomfortable. I wish I could entertain without getting into such a tizzy! And, regardless, the next day, when all the pressure is off and the adrenaline is gone, I feel awful. I ache, I'm stiff, I feel like I've been hit in the head, I get Fibro Fog. I guess my body and my mind get so overstimulated that when I'm coming back down to earth, I feel terrible! So today I knew it was coming and just took the day off. I didn't even get out of my pj's. We have so much fun together and all, but it wears so hard on me that I dread any big get togethers any more. Isn't that awful!?! If we never had family get togethers, I would be lonely and sad, and yet, having them is such a strain that I dread them. I love being with family but the big productions like Thanksgiving, Halloween parties, Christmas, etc is hard on me.

Anyway, here are the photos of the party last night. Everybody was dressed up and hilarious!Stan

Luke and Hannah. Luke looks like ZZ Top and Hannah was perfectly dressed. Stan said she looked exactly like the typical military wife of the late 1960's and early 1970's. She had some bang up sexy boots but I don't know how she walks in them!

Here are some of the crowd. Kenny is looking through one of my 2 1970's scrapbook albums. I made an illustrative history of the 1970s with us (our families) smack in the middle. We grew up, went to high school, got married in the '70s. We were the young generation then! Now our children are the young generation. Anyway, the scrapbooks were appreciated.